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Edinburgh Psychology Services - CBT, Counselling, Therapy & Coaching.

Our team of professional psychologists specialises in stress and well-being issues. Whether you are suffering from anxiety or depression, need stress management, are looking to boost your confidence or self esteem or just need someone to talk to, we can help. Please note, we are not an emergency service: for an emergency, click here.

We offer a range of client centred approaches, tailored to your needs, including the popular CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy), counselling and other evidence based therapies and approaches. Click here to read a short summary of CBT and its uses.

Use our menu above to read more about our services, or contact usto get in touch. You can read more about each of our practitioners on our Meet the Team section.

To read more about making an appointment, or how to arrange a initial (free) telephone or email consultation first, visit our Appointments page.

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Psychological Crutches

Confidence is a funny thing. If we could put it in a bottle and sell it, we'd be millionaires overnight.

We all have different things that help promote our sense of confidence at different times. The football manager who wears the same suit he wore the last time his team won. The person going for an interview wearing their favourite perfume or aftershave. The public speaker who carries a special pen. We all have our little confidence boosting quirks. The interesting thing is that they often work. Rather than being a superstitious phenomenon, psychologists know that when we feel confident, we start to think more confidently. When we think and feel more confidently, our actions are often more effective than if we are riddled with doubt and anxiety.

However, when can a confidence booster become what we call a psychological crutch?

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